FZUS54 KMOB 201518 CWFMOB COASTAL WATERS FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 930 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 GULF COASTAL WATERS DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM GMZ600-210330- SYNOPSIS FOR DESTIN FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 60 NM INCLUDING MOBILE BAY- 930 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE ALONG WITH SUBSIDING SEAS THROUGH TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY SWITCH AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST WEDNESDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE MARINE AREA. A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS NEXT FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE MARINE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTH WIND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. $$ GMZ630-210330- MOBILE BAY- 930 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... .REST OF TODAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS MORNING... DECREASING TO AROUND 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS CHOPPY TO ROUGH THIS MORNING BECOMING CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. .WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. .THURSDAY...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY WATERS SMOOTH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAY WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. $$ GMZ650-655-210330- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- 930 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... .REST OF TODAY...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS ROUGH BECOMING CHOPPY TO ROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS CHOPPY TO ROUGH. .WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS SMOOTH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS SMOOTH. .THURSDAY...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS SMOOTH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS SMOOTH. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST AROUND 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. BAYS AND COASTAL WATERWAYS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. $$ GMZ670-675-210330- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 930 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .REST OF TODAY...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE. .WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. .THURSDAY...WINDS VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 KNOTS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. .THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN BECOMING SOUTH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. .FRIDAY...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FEET. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. .SATURDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. CHANCE OF SHOWERS. $$